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Warner Bros and TT Games have officially announced Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. A full trailer will be released next week, but today, we’re treated to a nice little teaser. If you’ve seen Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, then you’ll know what the teaser is paying homage to.

Kang the Conqueror will be the main villain of Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2. Players will fight the time travelling villain on his home base of Chronopolis. From this central area, they will travel to lands like Ancient Egypt, the Old West, Planet Hulk, and New York City in 2099. It will feature characters like Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Captain America, Doctor Strange, and Carnage. Since this is a Lego game, the characters I just named are no doubt just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

The Lego game will also have a four-player multiplayer mode. Here, players can either compete against each other in a “battling mode” or cooperate in order to finish objectives. Since it centers around time travel, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will have branching story lines and the ability to change the timeline within the game. The press release wasn’t clear on how that mechanic will work, but it sounds intriguing.

One interesting thing about today’s teaser trailer and press release is the absence of any mutant characters. There is no sign of popular mutants like Wolverine, Cyclops, Deadpool, or any of the X-Men. We may see the characters in the full-length trailer next week, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Marvel’s Merry Mutants are absent from this adventure. However, while Lego Marvel’s Avengers explicitly focused on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters, the first Lego Marvel Super Heroes featured characters wrapped up in other studios, so who knows. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. is also the company the owns Marvel’s main rival DC, funnily enough.

Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 will be released on November 17 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. There is no definitive date for the Nintendo Switch version, but it should be out in time for Christmas. Check back here next week to see the full trailer for the game.